Test 5 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

Which is true about the Andromeda Galaxy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 5 of lesson 21 «The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky» of the space course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 Galaxy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Galaxy	det
6	Andromeda	Andromeda	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Galaxy	compound
7	Galaxy	Galaxy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the Andromeda Galaxy; true property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a faint smudge in autumn skies, millions of light years away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 smudge	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 smudge	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 smudge	det
4	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 smudge	amod
5	smudge	smudge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 skies	case
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skies	compound
8	skies	sky	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smudge	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 millions	punct
10	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smudge	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 years	compound
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 away	obl:unmarked
14	away	away	ADV	_	10 millions	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a faint smudge		autumn skies			tree rules

Option 2

It is a bright star near Polaris

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 star	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 star	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 star	det
4	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 star	amod
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	near	near	ADP	_	7 Polaris	case
7	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 star	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bright star		Polaris			tree rules

Option 3

It is a planet beyond Neptune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planet	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 planet	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 planet	det
4	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 Neptune	case
6	Neptune	Neptune	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 planet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a planet				beyond Neptune	tree rules

Option 4

It is a cloud of gas floating inside our own solar system, near Pluto

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cloud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cloud	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloud	det
4	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gas	case
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cloud	nmod
7	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 cloud	acl
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	12 system	case
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 system	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 system	amod
11	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 system	amod
12	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floating	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Pluto	punct
14	near	near	ADP	_	15 Pluto	case
15	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cloud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a cloud and Pluto				of gas	tree rules
2	float	gerund	a cloud and Pluto not said here			our own solar system			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside system=Trajectory

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